Also, many references I have seen regarding Barbeziuex say they have been around since the middle ages.
The same wiki article that mentions Menorcans being exhibited in Paris as Barbeziuex also states "The international type of Minorca was created by the British from indigenous Menorcan birds...
I think maybe they had the same origin at some point. They look almost identical, but my barbs were bigger (had before and just hatching eggs to have again). The Minorcans look thinner / slimner than my barbs were. My biggest roo was 28 inches tall and was close to 12 lbs.
I had my biggest best looking roo years ago that behaved that way. He was huge and a great roo otherwise. I had to put myself at the top of the pecking order to stop it (and that only worked for me specifically. Everyone else was afraid of him). I snached his legs out from under him on day and...
